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Microsoft Makes Direct X 11.1 a Windows 8 Exclusive

Posted by Unknown on from the year-of-the-linux-desktop dept.

BluPhenix316 writes "Microsoft has made Direct X 11.1 a Windows 8 Exclusive. I think this is merely an update to make Direct X more integrated with Windows 8. Is this going to be the trend? To lock you into the OS updates so Windows 7 doesn't last as long as Windows XP has?" The update is pretty minor, but it does add Stereoscopic rendering, and there seemed to be an implication that no new DirectX updates after this will be made for Windows 7.

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  1. Re:Careful what you wish for by maxwell+demon · · Score: 5, Funny

    So in the future, it will not be booting Windows for games and Linux for work, but booting Ubuntu for games and Mint for work?

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